Politics | Sarah Palin Palin: Stop Calling Tea Party Racist Ex-governor takes aim at NAACP By Kevin Spak Posted Jul 14, 2010 8:44 AM CDT Copied Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate, attends a rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on Sunday, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) The NAACP’s accusation that the Tea Party movement “harbors racist elements” got Sarah Palin so fired up that she had to write a Facebook post. “All decent Americans abhor racism,” she wrote, and with the election of Barack Obama “we, as a united people, applauded” the idea that we’d become a “post-racial” society. But now, 18 months later, the NAACP was trying to resurrect “the divisive politics of the past.” Palin was accused of racism in a recently-dismissed lawsuit, so “I know how Tea Party Americans feel to be falsely accused,” she wrote. “Thankfully the Tea Party movement is not racist.” It just wants a government that abides by the Constitution and spends less. “Red and yellow, black and white, this message is precious in all our sights,” she rhymes. She adds that her own family is a diverse "melting pot," because Todd’s family is Yupik Eskimo. Read These Next Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies That 'buy now, pay later' loan may soon hit your credit score. Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. Mark Zuckerberg's 'list' has Silicon Valley buzzing. Report an error